38 and 39, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Commercial. 6 related planning applications.
38 and 39, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- silent-remnant-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 38 and 39, Market Place, Penzance, TR18 2JG
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 303
- Coordinates
- 50.11901, -5.53657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 38 and 39 Market Place are 18th to 19th century buildings constructed of ashlar stone. They feature a parapet and a coved cornice, standing three storeys high with four sash windows, one of which has glazing bars. The ground floor has modern shop fronts from the late 19th century, with a doorway situated between them. These buildings, along with Nos 38 to 41 Market Place and Nos 1 and 2 Market Jew Street, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
38 and 39, Market Place sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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